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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1980
Page
5
Reader pens a five year relation with a stingy bachelor, asking if love survives his parsimony. Ann admonishes to end the partnership. Another letter asks how to grieve a disliked stepmother, with advice to accept condolences gracefully. The page includes notes on marriage delays, long relationships, and promotes The Bride's Guide with a mail request.
A Pecos family shares a Mississippi Mud Cake recipe from Mrs. Jack Hamilton born in Big Spring Texas. The Hamiltons moved to Pecos 15 years ago from Sierra Blanca and are active at Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs. Hamilton works as manager at Carlton's Shoe Store and studies at Odessa College. The cake recipe includes oleo sugar cocoa eggs vanilla flour coconut and nuts with marshmallow topping and chocolate frosting.
The children and grandchildren of Mr and Mrs LaVaughn Wicker 1515 Johnson gathered for the holidays. Attendees included Mr and Mrs David Callison and their children Jeff Coy and Darren Pecos Cyd Wicker Indianapolis Ind and Mr and Mrs Garet Lakie Wicker and Chris Midlothian. All out of towners have returned home.
Twelve Chapters of District Two, Section Nine, Grand Chapter of Texas Order of the Eastern Star join Mrs. Kathy Johnston Worthy Grand Matron and Mr. Lesli G. Burnett Worthy Grand Patron for a January 8 gathering in Kermit Masonic Hall. The program includes an Eastern Star School led by Mrs. Gladys Jarrard, an examining room by Mrs. Beulah Speer, a noon courtesy luncheon, a 6 pm banquet at the First United Methodist Church, and a post-visit reception. Participants from Pecos and other chapters join attendees and staff in registration, secretary duties, and school administration.
Ten Reeves-Loving 4-Hers showed fine wool lambs at the Odessa Stock Show. Bari Gentry placed 8th and Lea Ann 16th in light and Page Cowart 17th in middle among others, with Quint Stanford 14th and Page Cowert 17th in middle. Next comes the county show then El Paso. Screw worms set a 1979 year end low with 90 lab-confirmed cases nationwide and 32 in Texas, while Texas distributes sterile flies south of Laredo to Corpus Christi. Brucellosis update meeting set Jan 9 at 1 p.m. in the Range Animal Science Center, Sul Ross State University. Kimberly and Cody Mashburn spent New Year with grandparents C.T. and Mrs. Wagner.
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